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Sunday, May 26, 2013

Scavenger Hunt Sunday…

Here are today’s prompts:  Vacation, Food, Sound, Texture and Anything.  And here are my entries.

I haven’t been on a VACATION for a while, but this Friday I decided to go out to Northampton, Massachusetts, where my daughter lives for a “daycation.”  Our intentions were to go to the Smith College Art Museum to see an exhibit there, but unbeknownst to us, Friday started Alumnae Weekend there and the place was crawling with people.  We opted for a nice ride out into the country instead.


The weather wasn’t all that nice.  It was drizzly and cool.  So we didn’t get out of the car until we reached Flayvors of Cook Farm in Hadley to have a small dish of ice cream.  Well, it is asparagus season here in Massachusetts and they grow a lot of it in Hadley.  Asparagus is one of my favorite FOODs, but this is the first time I’ve ever tasted asparagus ice cream.  Two thumbs up!!


Back home, we have huge azalea bushes in front of our house and this time of year, the bees are out in full force.  They make a great buzzing SOUND as they go about their work.


This is a piece of “driftwood” that I found in the woods near our house.  It’s not really driftwood, I don’t think, because I found it in the woods not by the ocean but I liked it and now it ornaments our front garden.  I think it has a great TEXTURE.


If there's ANYTHING I like, it's a dandelion.  They have really caught me this year.








Friday, February 22, 2013

Snowy fences...

My daughter Carrie and I took a little jaunt out to North Adams, Massachusetts for a little overnight in the very cool Porches Inn.  The real reason for our trip was to spend a day at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA).  Here's a nice snowy fence scene we saw along the way...


LINKING TO FRIDAY'S FENCES.


Monday, February 11, 2013

Color in winter…

I think I know why a lot of people don’t like winter.  I think it has to do with the landscape being so dull and brown and colorless in comparison to landscapes in spring, summer and fall.  It can be pretty depressing.  But winter does have its color.  You just have to search around for it.  Granted, on a day like today here in Central Massachusetts, it would be hard to find.  It’s very dull, grey and foggy out.  But yesterday!  Yesterday was glorious!  The sky was blue, the air was clear and it was downright beautiful out.  I convinced Greg that we needed to go for a short ride after lunch and here are some of the things we saw.




And even at home, the air hummed with color.
  The white background just makes everything look bright.



I'd say that Nemo dropped about half a barn door of snow on us.
  But it was beautiful on that sunny day!